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yes, but smaller, less aggressive cars are better than the current situation (despite the generally-flawed 'induced demand' argument, which is more simply conce

yes, but smaller, less aggressive cars are better than the current situation (despite the generally-flawed 'induced demand' argument, which is more simply conceptualized as being far from the supply and demand equilibrium), and a good stepping stone toward relinquishing the hold that gas-guzzling behemoths have over our lives. but the ami is a underpowered for american cities, from the article: > "It has a top speed of 45km/h, it can do 75km on a full charge..." if it could go up to 45mph and 75mi per charge, you could replace a lot of urban cars with the ami, but as it is, it's unfortunately more directly competitive with (electric) bikes and scooters rather than errand and commuter cars. 90% of trips can be replaced by cars like the ami, particularly in cities.

llampx 6y ago
America is a unique country. No other country has the (lack of) density that the US does. Let's let Citroen and its ilk figure out the solutions for the rest of the world, while the US gets its act together in terms of, say, allowing mixed-use complexes and building walkable cities. Anyway half of the US has a vendetta against the environment.
- tomcam 6y ago
  > Anyway half of the US has a vendetta against the environment. Citation please
  - fakedang 6y ago
    The prevalence of cars on US roads, and the way cities are designed keeping long distance car rides in mind rather than pedestrian walking is proof enough.
  - llampx 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal Does something like this exist anywhere except the US?
- clairity 6y ago
  i'm certainly happy that citroën is expanding our general conceptions of transportation. i'm more lamenting that it's not as practical where i live (a fairly walkable neighborhood in LA), and providing the main limitation in that regard. incidentally, i think we could quadruple density in LA (with mixed-use and other techniques) without any loss of "neighborhood character" (unless of course, one's definition of that excludes diversity of race and income). the weather here is perfect for multimodal transportation year-round. that kind of density means more construction projects could (better) afford to put parking underground so that we could convert street parking to dedicated bike/scooter lanes without loss of parking convenience. and smaller utility cars like the ami means that we could put more of them in that parking area, while needing fewer of them because of the higher walkability of the neighborhood afforded by the higher density of commerce/employment as well.

llampx 6y ago

America is a unique country. No other country has the (lack of) density that the US does. Let's let Citroen and its ilk figure out the solutions for the rest of the world, while the US gets its act together in terms of, say, allowing mixed-use complexes and building walkable cities. Anyway half of the US has a vendetta against the environment.

tomcam 6y ago
> Anyway half of the US has a vendetta against the environment. Citation please
- fakedang 6y ago
  The prevalence of cars on US roads, and the way cities are designed keeping long distance car rides in mind rather than pedestrian walking is proof enough.
- llampx 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal Does something like this exist anywhere except the US?
clairity 6y ago
i'm certainly happy that citroën is expanding our general conceptions of transportation. i'm more lamenting that it's not as practical where i live (a fairly walkable neighborhood in LA), and providing the main limitation in that regard. incidentally, i think we could quadruple density in LA (with mixed-use and other techniques) without any loss of "neighborhood character" (unless of course, one's definition of that excludes diversity of race and income). the weather here is perfect for multimodal transportation year-round. that kind of density means more construction projects could (better) afford to put parking underground so that we could convert street parking to dedicated bike/scooter lanes without loss of parking convenience. and smaller utility cars like the ami means that we could put more of them in that parking area, while needing fewer of them because of the higher walkability of the neighborhood afforded by the higher density of commerce/employment as well.